Hey guys,
My girlfriend and I are headed to the academy in millington feb. 2nd.
We're really excited to start a new career, I come from a family with 2 O/Os, both flatbedders. I will be a third generation trucker on my dad's side and threw straps for him for about 5 months. Have been to about 23 states, I know trucking isn't all peaches and cream, I expect to work hard and get where I want to be experience wise so I can get a good paying job. I have no delusions that swift is the best paying company, however they will take us and they have better pay than some other training companies.
She is newer to trucking, we both already got our permits "the old fashioned way" so we only have three weeks of school in millington!
Looking forward to hearing from other swift drivers! Will try to update this thread throughout since there are virtually no teams posting in the swift forum.
BF/GF team heading to millington, TN 2/2/15
Discussion in 'Swift' started by spectacle13, Jan 14, 2015.
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I look forward to reading your updates
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Good luck!
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Good luck and be prepared to learn in all types of weather.
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I'm at millington right now. Make sure you have everything you need. Hound your recruiter for info. We lost 5 out of our class the first 2 days because they were missing permits or it was gonna expire.
I'm enjoying it so far. We had our first range day today. The straight line backing is fun as heck for a rookie like me. -
As far as I know, the only paperwork we need is our long form physical and out permits -
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Ok, first update:
Pre-school just yet, but we've gathered all our required paperwork up and packed our bags. Tomorrow night will be my last shift at my manufacturing job after giving my two weeks notice two weeks ago.
Found out my shift supervisor here knows someone at a local LTL that pays hourly and told me once I get the experience I need to contact him and he'll see what he can do to get me in!
He also said I could use him as a business reference.
Just goes to show you what doing a good job at a place and doing right by them when leaving will do for you.
We leave saturday! Unfortunately for us the only bus schedule that fits swift's time schedule will have us lay over for something like 17 hrs in atlanta....but I remain positive. It is however sad that swift would rather have us layover in a terminal for 17 hours than pay for an extra night in a hotel that we end up paying them back for..
Never the less! I will say I have absolutely no complaints about the recruiting process and our recruiter Cindy has answered any and all questions we had.
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GF chiming in:
I can confirm that Cindy has been a sweetheart. She did everything she could to find us a better bus schedule. The only other option would have us rolling up to the hotel well after midnight on Sunday night with an early start on Monday morning...ew!
The bus trip doesn't worry me...the way we see it, complaining about a long ride and a lot of waiting around seems a bit ridiculous for two people working towards their CDLs...
I can say that this site has helped immensely with the entire process of getting started. Almost everyone I've encountered has been supportive and helpful. I've loved reading the other accounts of people going through training. I really like knowing what to expect (not my best quality) and the descriptions have helped ease some of my concerns.
I'm a little nervous about school...I've spent the last 5 years working with special needs toddlers and mental health patients...not exactly a lot of transferable skills there. Hopefully, my update in a few weeks will be all about how ridiculous I was for being so nervous. Maybe I will be able to share the same advice as a lot of the other threads I've read " Relax, I did it and so can you."
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